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Morality, self-control, age, type of offence and sentence length as predictors of psychopathy amongst female incarcerated offenders in South Africa

Morality, self-control, age, type of offence and sentence length as predictors of psychopathy amongst female incarcerated offenders in South Africa

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Judite Danielle de Oliveira, Jacques Jordaan , Matthew Cronjé Published: March 28, 2024  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299847 Abstract There has been an increase in female incarcerated offenders nationally and internationally. Despite this trend, literature and research on female offenders remain limited compared to their male counterparts. Evidence of the relationship between certain personality disorders and offending behaviour has led numerous countries to prioritise identifying and assessing personality disorders among the offender population. Psychopathic personality traits may contribute to…

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Pain Sensitivity in Adolescent Males with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing for Associations with Conduct Disorder and Callous and Unemotional Traits

Pain Sensitivity in Adolescent Males with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing for Associations with Conduct Disorder and Callous and Unemotional Traits

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Open Access  Peer-reviewed Research Article Clare Northover, Anita Thapar, Kate Langley, Stephanie HM van Goozen Published: July 30, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134417 Abstract Background Reduced processing and experience of aversive emotional cues is a common component of theories on the development and persistence of aggression and antisocial behaviour. Yet physical pain, arguably the most basic aversive cue, has attracted comparatively little attention. Methods This study measured pain sensitivity and physiological response to painful stimuli (skin conductance level, SCL) in adolescent boys with…

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Schema therapy for borderline personality disorder: A qualitative study of patients’ perceptions

Schema therapy for borderline personality disorder: A qualitative study of patients’ perceptions

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Yeow May Tan , Christopher W. Lee , Lynn E. Averbeck , Odette Brand-de Wilde , Joan Farrell , Eva Fassbinder , Gitta A. Jacob , Desiree Martius , Sophie Wastiaux , Gerhard Zarbock , Arnoud Arntz Published: November 21, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206039 Abstract Schema therapy (ST) has been found to be effective in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). However very little is known about how the therapy is experienced by individuals with BPD…

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Borderline Personality and the Detection of Angry Faces

Borderline Personality and the Detection of Angry Faces

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Johanna Hepp , Benjamin E. Hilbig, Pascal J. Kieslich, Julia Herzog, Stefanie Lis, Christian Schmahl, Inga Niedtfeld Published: March 31, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152947 Abstract Background Many studies have assessed emotion recognition in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and considerable evidence has been accumulated on patients’ ability to categorize emotions. In contrast, their ability to detect emotions has been investigated sparsely. The only two studies that assessed emotion detection abilities found contradictory evidence on patients’ ability to…

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The Impact on Staff of Working with Personality Disordered Offenders: A Systematic Review

The Impact on Staff of Working with Personality Disordered Offenders: A Systematic Review

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Mark C. Freestone , Kim Wilson, Rose Jones, Chris Mikton, Sophia Milsom, Ketan Sonigra, Celia Taylor, Colin Campbell Published: August 25, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136378 Abstract Background Personality disordered offenders (PDOs) are generally considered difficult to manage and to have a negative impact on staff working with them. Aims This study aimed to provide an overview of studies examining the impact on staff of working with PDOs, identify impact areas associated with working with PDOs, identify gaps…

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Relationship between Personality Disorder Functioning Styles and the Emotional States in Bipolar I and II Disorders

Relationship between Personality Disorder Functioning Styles and the Emotional States in Bipolar I and II Disorders

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Jiashu Yao , You Xu , Yanhua Qin, Jing Liu, Yuedi Shen, Wei Wang , Wei Chen Published: January 27, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117353 Abstract Background Bipolar disorder types I (BD I) and II (BD II) behave differently in clinical manifestations, normal personality traits, responses to pharmacotherapies, biochemical backgrounds and neuroimaging activations. How the varied emotional states of BD I and II are related to the comorbid personality disorders remains to be settled. Methods We therefore administered…

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Experimentally Assessed Reactive Aggression in Borderline Personality Disorder

Experimentally Assessed Reactive Aggression in Borderline Personality Disorder

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Olga Kogan-Goloborodko, Elisabeth Brügmann, Jonathan Repple, Ute Habel, Benjamin Clemens Published: November 16, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166737 Abstract Approximately 73% of patients suffering from Borderline personality disorder (BPD) exhibit aggressive behaviour, which severely hinders therapeutic work and clinical improvement. Because the underlying mechanisms of aggression in BPD are not yet completely understood, additional research in this domain has a high clinical and scientific relevance. We employed a modified version of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm (mTAP), in order…

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Splitting in Schizophrenia and Borderline Personality Disorder

Splitting in Schizophrenia and Borderline Personality Disorder

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Ondrej Pec, Petr Bob , Jiri Raboch Published: March 6, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091228 Abstract Background Splitting describes fragmentation of conscious experience that may occur in various psychiatric disorders. A purpose of this study is to examine relationships between psychological process of splitting and disturbed cognitive and affective functions in schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Methods In the clinical study, we have assessed 30 patients with schizophrenia and 35 patients with BPD. The symptoms of splitting…

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Impulsive and premeditated aggression in male offenders with antisocial personality disorder

Impulsive and premeditated aggression in male offenders with antisocial personality disorder

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Jacinto Azevedo , Maria Vieira-Coelho, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Rui Coelho, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga Published: March 6, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229876 Abstract Introduction Aggression is a clinical symptom of various psychiatric disorders that can be conceptualised as a physical act towards another person with the intent to cause harm. In antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), aggression is a frequent manifestation that differently compromise therapeutic and prognostic goals according to its impulsive or premeditated categorisation. ASPD is characterised by high levels of…

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Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Alessandra Nicoletti , Antonina Luca , Loredana Raciti, Donatella Contrafatto, Elisa Bruno, Valeria Dibilio, Giorgia Sciacca, Giovanni Mostile, Antonio Petralia, Mario Zappia Published: January 24, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054822   Abstract Objectives To evaluate the frequency of personality disorders in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients and in a group of healthy controls. Methods Patients affected by PD diagnosed according to the United Kingdom Parkinson’s disease Society Brain Bank diagnostic criteria and a group of healthy controls were enrolled…

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